butter dough with vanilla cream

Sounds delicious! Here’s a simple butter dough recipe paired with a smooth vanilla cream filling — perfect for making pastries, Danish-style treats, or sweet rolls.

🧈 Butter Dough (Sweet Pastry Dough)

🕒 Time:

• Prep: 15 minutes

• Chill: 1 hour

• Bake: 15–20 minutes (if baking pastries)
  🍽 Yields: Enough for 8–10 pastries

Ingredients:

• 2¼ cups (280g) all-purpose flour

• ½ cup (115g) unsalted butter, cold and cubed

• ¼ cup (50g) granulated sugar

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• ¼ tsp salt

• ⅓ cup (80ml) cold milk (or cream)

• 1 large egg

Instructions:

1. Cut butter into flour:
   In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, and salt. Cut in the cold butter using a pastry cutter or your fingers until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

2. Add wet ingredients:
   In a small bowl, whisk milk, egg, and vanilla. Pour into flour mixture.

3. Form dough:
   Mix gently until a dough forms. Avoid overworking. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour.

🍨 Vanilla Cream Filling (Pastry Cream)

Ingredients:

• 2 cups (480ml) milk

• ½ cup (100g) granulated sugar

• 3 tbsp cornstarch

• 4 large egg yolks

• 2 tbsp unsalted butter

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions:

1. Heat milk:
   In a saucepan, heat milk until just simmering.

2. Mix sugar, cornstarch, and yolks:
   In a bowl, whisk sugar, cornstarch, and egg yolks until smooth.

3. Temper eggs:
   Slowly pour about ½ cup hot milk into the egg mixture, whisking constantly.

4. Cook cream:
   Pour the egg mixture back into the saucepan with the rest of the milk. Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly until thickened (about 3–5 minutes).

5. Finish cream:
   Remove from heat, stir in butter and vanilla. Let cool, cover with plastic touching the surface to prevent a skin.

To assemble:

• Roll out the butter dough, cut into shapes or rectangles.

• Spoon a dollop of chilled vanilla cream onto each piece.

• Fold or roll dough around filling, place on a baking sheet, and bake at 350°F (175°C) for 15–20 minutes until golden.